Glass fiber is a common reinforcement material, mainly used in the manufacture of glass steel, glass lenses, wind turbine inserts, etc.

With good light weight, insulation, heat resistance, corrosion resistance and other advantages, the disadvantage is fragile, poor wear resistance.

02 Glass fiber processing difficulties

Glass fiber materials are widely used in many fields, such as aircraft, ships, automobiles, etc., this material is difficult to cut, poor thermal conductivity, tools wear, low efficiency, deterioration of cutting conditions, processing glass fiber is easy to produce wire drawing, stratification, tearing, etc.

The main factors affecting tools life are cutting heat, friction and cutting force, especially for processing some special parts, the coolant is not available, further increasing the cutting problem.

Common tools is easy to wear

The use of ordinary cutting tools or coated cutting tools processing glass fiber, especially glass fiber composite materials, which has the advantages of low density, high hardness, high strength, the material is difficult to cut processing, poor thermal conductivity, so the tools is easy to serious wear, coating knife spalling.

03 Optional PCD inserts for glass fiber processing

Diamond (pcd) inserts hardness is high, wear resistance, good impact resistance, bending resistance and vibration resistance, with good stability, sharp tools tip, cutting force is small, cutting glass fiber parts, parts after processing finish can meet the requirements.

PCD inserts in non-ferrous metal and non-metallic materials processing, than ordinary knife has the advantage, the size with the cutting temperature change is not sensitive, processing life is carbide tools life several times ~ dozens of times, reduce the processing cost.